School district reprimands Einstein Charter Schools for enrolling students outside OneApp
The city’s centralized enrollment system is designed to prevent schools from cherry-picking students.
Coming to a raw oyster bar near you: larger, cleaner, meatier shellfish
Research into genetically enhanced oysters could give oystermen a way to adapt if coastal restoration makes waters near shore inhospitable to the shellfish.
City workers painting crosswalks to make it safer for kids to get to school
Over the last two months, the city has painted 135 crosswalks at 28 intersections.
A vital port for the nation’s oil and gas industry is on its way to becoming an island.
Nearly 20 percent of the nation's oil and gas passes through Port Fourchon, accessible only by a battered, two-lane road. With the Gulf of Mexico rising and wetlands crumbling, it's on the way to becoming an island.
For years, defense lawyers told judges that New Orleans prosecutors were using fake subpoenas. Nothing happened.
Some have asked how Orleans Parish prosecutors used fake subpoenas for so long with no repercussions. We found several instances in which lawyers protested their use in court, but nothing happened. The practice stopped only when it was made public.
Orleans Parish judge sent misleading ‘DA subpoenas’ when she was a prosecutor
Criminal District Judge Karen Herman also issued arrest warrants to two women after they disobeyed fake subpoenas.
Orleans Parish prosecutors’ use of misleading ‘DA subpoenas’ goes back about 20 years
Former DA Harry Connick said there's a big difference between the notices his prosecutors used and the ones sent under the current DA.
District attorney plans to appeal ruling requiring him to turn over fake subpoenas to The Lens
But Cannizzaro’s office will continue to search case files for the documents, a spokesman said.
Lawyers say shooting victim was coerced with a fake subpoena into talking to police
They contend the defendant should get a new trial because the DA didn’t disclose two fake subpoenas and other evidence.
Plan for blighted Claiborne Avenue: ill-conceived, exclusionary, lacks due diligence
An open letter to Mayor Landrieu
